Who is Sandy Duncan? Everything You Need to Know

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Also Known As: Sandra Kay Duncan

Age: 78 Years, 78 Year Old Females

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Don Correia (m. 1980), Bruce Scott (m. 1968 – div. 1972), Thomas Calcaterra (m. 1973 – div. 1979)

father: Mancil Ray Duncan

mother: Sylvia Wynne Duncan

children: Jeffrey Correia, Michael Correia

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Height: 5'5" (165 cm), 5'5" Females

Notable Alumni: Lon Morris College

U.S. State: Texas

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education: Lon Morris College

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Childhood & Early Life

Born on February 20, 1946, in Henderson, Texas, Sandy Duncan is one of the two daughters of Sylvia and Mancil Ray Duncan. Her father owned a gas station. Her sister’s name is Robyn. They reportedly grew up in Tyler, Texas, near Henderson.

She was a tomboy even as a child and had aspirations of becoming an actress. She took dance lessons and portrayed various roles in local productions of ‘The King and I’ and ‘The Music Man’. She is a Lon Morris Junior College (Texas) alumni.

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Career

Sandy Duncan came to New York and played the role of Wendy in the 1966 production of ‘Peter Pan’. In the following years, she has appeared in the productions of ‘The Sound of Music’ (1967), ‘Canterbury Tales’ (1969), ‘Chicago’ (1996-97), ‘The King and I’ (2004), and ‘The Glass Menagerie’ (2009). In 2018, she starred in a production of A. R. Gurney’s ‘Love Letters’.

She made her big screen debut in 1969 in the buddy drama film ‘Midnight Cowboy’. Her performance was uncredited in the film. However, she did garner some recognition with her portrayal of Katie Dooley on ‘The Million Dollar Duck’ (1971).

In 1981, she lent her voice to Vixey in Disney’s animated drama ‘The Fox and the Hound’. Her last cinematic appearance was in the 2001 comedy ‘Never Again’.

Duncan portrayed the single, independent-minded Sandy Stockton in two shows, ‘Funny Face’ (1971) and ‘The Sandy Duncan Show’ (1972) and received an Emmy nomination for the former show. In 1977, she earned her second Emmy nomination for playing Missy Anne Reynolds in the miniseries ‘Roots’.

She has made several appearances in various shows of the ‘Law & Order’ TV franchise. In 1995, she played Michelle 'Shelly' Kates in an episode of ‘Law & Order’. She has also portrayed the recurring character Judge Virginia Farrell in two episodes of ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ (2014-15).

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Major Works

In the 1979 Broadway revival of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play ‘Peter Pan’, Sandy Duncan portrayed the titular character. The production also starred George Rose as Captain Hook and Marsha Kramer as Wendy Darling. For her performance, Duncan was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, as well as the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.

In 1987, Duncan replaced Valerie Harper on her self-titled show after its second season, which was then renamed as ‘The Hogan Family’. She played Sandy Hogan, the new female head of the Hogan household following the death of Harper’s character. The series lasted for another four seasons before it was cancelled in 1991.

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Family & Personal Life

Sandy Duncan has been married three times. Her first husband is singer-actor Bruce Scott, to whom she was married from September 5, 1968, to 1972. On January 10, 1973, she exchanged wedding vows with Dr Thomas Calcaterra, a renowned surgeon. Their marriage lasted until 1979.

She and her third and current husband, actor, dancer, and choreographer Don Correia married on July 21, 1980. Duncan gave birth to their oldest son, Jeffrey, on October 5, 1982. Their youngest son, Michael, was born on March 19, 1984. The couple presently resides in New York.

While Duncan was starring as the series protagonist in ‘Funny Face’ (1971), she started having bouts of severe headaches. A tumour was subsequently found in her optic nerve. The doctors were able to save her left eye but she lost vision in it.

However, her left eye still followed the movement of the right eye. Thus, she and her doctors decided against removing it. Hence, the urban myth that claims that she has a prosthetic eye is false.

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